Thread: Don't play with matches

That'll go up just like dryer lint. A leaf blower will work good on that to spread it out so it's not localized in one big pile.

Originally Posted by Firefighter2

That'll go up just like dryer lint. A leaf blower will work good on that to spread it out so it's not localized in one big pile.

LOL - I have a couple of buddies who are fire fighters here in TO, one is a Captain, never forget the story he told me of a fire in a complex he went to, in the laundry room, when it was all out, and they were looking for the cause, he explained to the woman who called it in that they had to remove the lint from the dryer (she was the one who started it), just like the sign said - she got pissed at him and told him, "It wasn't her job"....he made the mistake of saying something snippy to her, had a complaint lodged against him...$60,000 grand of damage, all on the public purse, because they wouldn't take the lint out of the dryer...no thought at all that it could have caused a major fire with major damage, injury or even loss of life...as I said to him, "You just can't fix stupid."

Originally Posted by Phrank

LOL - I have a couple of buddies who are fire fighters here in TO, one is a Captain, never forget the story he told me of a fire in a complex he went to, in the laundry room, when it was all out, and they were looking for the cause, he explained to the woman who called it in that they had to remove the lint from the dryer (she was the one who started it), just like the sign said - she got pissed at him and told him, "It wasn't her job"....he made the mistake of saying something snippy to her, had a complaint lodged against him...$60,000 grand of damage, all on the public purse, because they wouldn't take the lint out of the dryer...no thought at all that it could have caused a major fire with major damage, injury or even loss of life...as I said to him, "You just can't fix stupid."

You have to shake your head sometimes at some peoples way of thinking! Some people won't take measures to prevent a fire, and are quick to complain on the FD, but still expect them to show up the second they call. This reminds me, on another note, I've met a lot of them guys in TO, from 5 different stations. All of them were awesome. Hung out with 4 of them in station 314 kitchen on Yonge St. waiting for a call, friendliest bunch I've ever met. Call came in, they split, and there was me left in the firehall watching their engine take off down the street. Wish I could have jumped in on the call.

One day at work I responded to a smoke alarm in a little break room. Toast was burning in an unattended toaster. I dumped the toast in the sink and ran water over it. The culprit chewed me out because I was a jerk and got her toast wet!

Now i would like to play with matches :P

Originally Posted by lutherus

Now i would like to play with matches :P

I was telling this story to a freind that is in his 70"s. He didn't believe me how this stuff burned. We got in a "safe" area and I demonstrated. FUN!

When I was in Junior High School they had us watch a safety film. They said "Never play Ray Gun with a drill." We had never thought of it and to this day every once in a while I pick up a drill and go Buzz Buzz.

I remember when i was first year in high school. We had lab in chemistry and i set my whole school on fire :P by accident. Few year later on collage my lab almost exploded.

Originally Posted by 32t

One day at work I responded to a smoke alarm in a little break room. Toast was burning in an unattended toaster. I dumped the toast in the sink and ran water over it. The culprit chewed me out because I was a jerk and got her toast wet!

should have picked the toast back up , put it in the toaster, and tell her she'd be fine in 30 minutes and walk out